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current exhibitions

First Light: Rituals of Glass and Neon Art

Dec 7, 2023–Apr 28, 2024

An exhibition curated by She Bends

First Light: Rituals of Glass and Neon Art explores mastery in craft as a devotional pursuit, presenting breathtaking artworks that connect both artists and viewers to spirituality, wonder, and universal questions of human existence. The exhibiting artists utilize both science and art as equally noble methods to explore the mysteries of the universe and its reflection in their consciousness. The exhibition features artworks in neon, glass, and plasma, large-scale sculptures, and installations that invite you to learn about fascinating scientific processes, and inspire deeper contemplation of the role of light in our quest to understand our place in the universe. Through these works, the artists gain an intimate understanding of light as a profound and transformative force. Experience awe, make spiritual connections, and discover the science and craft of neon and glass artwork.

First Light: Rituals of Glass and Neon Art is an exhibition by She Bends, an organization dedicated to building a more equitable future for neon art through public education, curatorial projects, and artist programs that foster diversity and sustainability.

upcoming exhibitions

California Jewish Open

Jun 6, 2024–Oct 20, 2024

The Museum’s first major open call-based exhibition brings together artwork by more than fifty Jewish artists from the Golden State, all reflecting on a central question: How are artists looking to the many aspects of Jewish culture, identity, and community to foster, reimagine, hold, or discover connection? The resulting exhibition offers a window into the universal human need for connection in all its complexity, and insight into the diverse ways in which these artists’ Jewish identity is informing their experience today. Through a wide range of media, including sculptures, interactive video games, paintings, video works, prints, and more, the artworks on view offer creative expressions of the myriad ways in which we find connection to our world, one another, and our identities. 

past exhibitions

Mika Rottenberg: Spaghetti Blockchain

May 18, 2023–Oct 22, 2023

One of the most innovative and internationally acclaimed artists working today, New York–based Mika Rottenberg (b. 1976, Buenos Aires) employs a disarmingly absurd sense of humor to confront the paradoxes of global capitalism and uncover the surprising ways in which we are all connected. This exhibition presents Rottenberg’s most prominent videos, installations, and sculptures of the past decade in the first museum survey of her work ever to be presented on the West Coast. Explore a collection of vividly colorful video installations and kinetic sculptures that uncover the surreal qualities of mass production and consumption.